The production of Spring Awakening that moved to Broadway this fall, was among top winners of the 2015 L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Awards, celebrating the best in Los Angeles theatre, announced Nov. 9.

French Stewart and Vanessa Claire Stewart hosted the 2015 ceremony, which took place at the Ahmanson Theatre.

Spring Awakening earned two separate Best Production of a Musical awards, given for shows at different size theatres, for its run at Deaf West Theatre, and for its subsequent transfer to the larger Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. It also won Best Ensemble, Best Director (Michael Arden), Best Choreography (Spencer Liff) and Best Lighting Design (Ben Stanton).

Photo Flashback! The Spring Awakening Revival Opened Over a Year Ago on Broadway

Photo Flashback! The Spring Awakening Revival Opened Over a Year Ago on Broadway

The Deaf West production of Spring Awakening, re-imagined and performed simultaneously in English and American Sign Language, officially opened on Broadway Sept. 27 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. We have opening night coverage!

A total of 35 awards were bestowed on 18 different Southern California theatre companies. The most honored companies of the year were The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts/Deaf West Theatre/Cody Lassen (Spring Awakening); Center Theatre Group (Chavez Ravine: An L.A. Revival, The Price, Luna Gale); Circle X Theatre Company (Trevor); Ebony Repertory Company (The Gospel at Colonus); Sacred Fools Theater Company (The Behavior of Broadus, a co-production with Burglars of Hamm and Center Theatre Group); Four Larks (The Temptation of St Antony); and Loft Ensemble (She Kills Monsters).